diff --git a/cmd/node/config/prefs.toml b/cmd/node/config/prefs.toml
index d24ce017010..ebc062e51fd 100644
--- a/cmd/node/config/prefs.toml
+++ b/cmd/node/config/prefs.toml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
    CutoffTrigger = "round"
 
    # The minimum value of the cutoff. For example, if CutoffType is set to "round", and Value to 20, then the node will stop processing at round 20+
-   Value = 0
+   Value = 29903151
 
 # NamedIdentity represents an identity that runs nodes on the multikey
 # There can be multiple identities set on the same node, each one of them having different bls keys, just by duplicating the NamedIdentity
diff --git a/process/sync/storageBootstrap/baseStorageBootstrapper.go b/process/sync/storageBootstrap/baseStorageBootstrapper.go
index 41149101a46..ab37fad5686 100644
--- a/process/sync/storageBootstrap/baseStorageBootstrapper.go
+++ b/process/sync/storageBootstrap/baseStorageBootstrapper.go
@@ -128,13 +128,15 @@ func (st *storageBootstrapper) loadBlocks() error {
 			break
 		}
 
-		storageHeadersInfo = append(storageHeadersInfo, headerInfo)
-
 		if uint64(round) > st.bootstrapRoundIndex {
+			st.cleanupStorage(headerInfo.LastHeader)
+			st.bootstrapper.cleanupNotarizedStorage(headerInfo.LastHeader.Hash)
 			round = headerInfo.LastRound
 			continue
 		}
 
+		storageHeadersInfo = append(storageHeadersInfo, headerInfo)
+
 		_, numHdrs := metricsLoader.UpdateMetricsFromStorage(st.store, st.uint64Converter, st.marshalizer, st.appStatusHandler, headerInfo.LastHeader.Nonce)
 		st.blkExecutor.SetNumProcessedObj(numHdrs)